In this week’s parasha, Shelach Lecha, Moses sends 12 spies to scout out the land of Canaan. They spend 40 days and nights in the land (a familiar number, yes?) and return bearing fruits – grapes pomegranates and figs so large that it takes two people to carry them. 10 of the spies report that the land is unconquerable. They say that giants live in the land and they felt like grasshoppers. The other two, however, Caleb and Joshua, tell the people that they can, indeed, conquer the land – as long as God is with us. The people listen to the 10 spies instead of Joshua and Caleb. As a result, they are punished.
Moses sent spies out to scout
All chieftains beloved and devout
Of the 12 that he sent
Only 2 were content
To say, “We can take em’, no doubt!”
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